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Surrendered Detroit to General Brock, 1812; tried by court-martial, and sentenced to be shot; sentence commuted. Resided at Newton, Ma.s.s., until his death. =Index=: =Bk= Marches north, 203; crosses Detroit River and occupies Sandwich, 208, 213; his proclamation to the people of Canada, 213, 217, 235; his baggage and stores captured, 218; his supplies under Major Van Horne captured, 237; re-crosses river to Detroit, 238; summoned to surrender, and refuses, 251; surrenders with his whole army, 255; sent to Montreal as prisoner of war, 261, 265; released on parole, 283; makes bad impression on English officers, 283; court-martialled, sentenced to death, but sentence remitted, 283, 284. =Bib.=: _Cyc. Am.
Biog._; Campbell, _Life and Services of General William Hull_; Cruikshank, _General Hull's Invasion of Canada in 1812_ (R. S. C., 1907-1908).
=Humbert.= =W= Candidate in St. John County, opposes responsible government, 64.
=Hume, Joseph= (1777-1855). Born at Montrose, Scotland. Studied medicine; entered the service of the East India Company, 1797; returned to England, 1808. Entered Parliament, 1812, but on account of his independent principles compelled to resign his seat. Again elected, 1818, and continued a member of the House of Commons until his death. A strong Radical in his opinions and effected many useful reforms.
=Index=: =BL= Correspondence with Mackenzie and Papineau, 229. =Mc= Lays Mackenzie's pet.i.tion before the House, 222; presents case against Upper Canadian officials, 231; suggests independence of Canada, 250; his ”baneful domination” letter, 262-263; thanked by Mackenzie, 289; predicts civil war, 326; letter to Mackenzie, on the Rebellion, and question of amnesty, 475-479; urges amnesty for Mackenzie, 480. =Sy= An a.s.sociate of Sydenham's, 13; proposes reduction of corn duties, 39; his speech on union resolutions in House of Commons, 122. =B= Attacks Metcalfe's policy, 23. =Bib.=: _Dict. Nat. Biog._; Dent, _Upper Canadian Rebellion_.
=Humphreys, Captain.= =Bk= Captain of _Leopard_, fires on _Chesapeake_, 83.
=Hundred a.s.sociates.= _See_ Company of New France.
=Hundredth Regiment.= =Bk= Quartered in Quebec and Montreal, 74; disaster to, by s.h.i.+pwreck, 74.
”=Hungry Year.=” =S= Year 1787, so called from failure of harvest, 65, 69.
=Hunt, Thomas Sterry= (1826-1892). Born in Norwich, Conn. Came to Canada, 1847, at the invitation of Sir William E. Logan, to accept the position of chemist and mineralogist to the Geological Survey, which he held until 1872. Also occupied the chair of chemistry in Laval University, 1856-1862; and in McGill University, 1862-1868. In 1872 professor of geology in the Ma.s.sachusetts Inst.i.tute of Technology.
Author of several scientific works, and a large number of papers contributed to learned societies and scientific periodicals. Died in New York. =Bib.=: _Cyc. Am. Biog._
=Hunter, Peter= (1746-1805). =Bk= Lieutenant-governor of Upper Canada and commander of forces in British North America, 45; calls attention of home government to lack of proper accommodation for provincial government and Legislature, 50; a Scotsman, previously governor of Barbados, 51; death of, 69. =Bib.=: Read, _Lieutenant-Governors of Upper Canada_; Rattray, _The Scot in British North America_.
=Hunter.= =Bk= British sloop, her boats capture United States schooner _Cayahoga_, with stores of General Hull, 218.
=Hunter, Captain of.= =WM= Obtains information as to movements of French provision boats, 172.
=Hunters' Lodges.= =Mc= Convention of, 440; attack on Prescott, 442.
=Hunting Permits.= =F= Issue of, sanctioned, 125; number to be issued annually limited, 128; issue of, becomes a form of patronage, 129.
=Huntington, Herbert.= =H= Appointed to Executive Council, Nova Scotia, 47; sent as delegate to England, to urge concession of responsible government, 51, 56; candidate for speakers.h.i.+p, 1843, 75; advocates non-sectarian education, 82; member of Uniacke government, 110; finance minister, 112; acts as Joseph Howe's second in duel, 236. =Bib.=: Saunders, _Three Premiers of Nova Scotia_.
=Huntington, Lucius Seth= (1827-1886). Born at Compton, Quebec. Studied law, and engaged in journalism, in the Eastern Towns.h.i.+ps. Elected to the Legislature for Shefford, 1861; solicitor-general, 1863-1864. Advocated independence of Canada. Became president of the Council, in the Mackenzie government, 1874-1875; and postmaster-general, 1875-1878.
Defeated for Shefford, 1882, and retired from public life. Died in New York. =Index=: =C= Brings charges against government in connection with Pacific Scandal, 53. =Md= Prefers his charges in the House of Commons, 201-203. =Bib.=: Dent, _Can. Por._ and _Last Forty Years_; Buckingham and Ross, _Alexander Mackenzie_; Pope, _Memoirs of Sir John A.
Macdonald_; Willison, _Sir Wilfrid Laurier and the Liberal Party_.
=Huot, P. G.= =C= One of the leaders of the Quebec Liberals, 24.
=Huron Indians.= Name applied by the French to a confederacy of four Iroquoian tribes. When French missionaries and explorers first went among them, they occupied the country about Lake Simcoe and Georgian Bay. They had been at enmity with the Iroquois for many years, and had repeatedly ravaged their country. Finally the Iroquois determined to make an end of the Hurons. They invaded their country in force in 1648, and in 1650 had destroyed all their villages, killed most of the inhabitants, and driven the remnant far to the westward. A few of the Hurons escaped to Quebec, and settled at the mission of Lorette. In the seventeenth century their population was estimated at from 20,000 to 35,000. In 1905 there remained a total of 832, in Canada and the United States. =Index=: =F= Destruction of, by Iroquois, 26, 35; join Frontenac's expedition to Cataraqui, 79; dread being abandoned to Iroquois, 222. =L= Extermination of, by the Iroquois, 39; devotion displayed by a band of, 64; desert Dollard at Long Sault, 70; burnt by their enemies, 72. =Ch= Champlain visits country of, 88; their cultivation of the soil, 89; their language very widely spoken, 90; their mode of life, 94; customs and beliefs, 95-100. =Bib.=: Hodge, _Handbook of American Indians_; Parkman, _Old Regime_.
=Huron, Lake.= Area 23,200 square miles. Discovered by Le Caron, 1615, and first seen by Champlain the same year. The route of missionaries, explorers, and fur traders lay along the north sh.o.r.e of the lake, or the south sh.o.r.e of Manitoulin Island, to Michilimackinac and Sault Ste.
Marie, at the western end.
=Huskisson, William= (1770-1830). British statesman. =Index=: =Sy= Criticizes British commercial policy, 12; president of Board of Trade, 15; colonial secretary, 16; resigns, 16; commends Poulett Thomson's speech on Navigation Acts, 17; his proposals in regard to silk industry, 18; death of, 25. =Bib.=: _Dict. Nat. Biog._
=Hutcheson, Major.= =Hd= Haldimand's secretary, 108, 110, 112; in charge of Louis Haldimand, at Boston, 294.
=Hutchinson, Richard.= =T= Of Miramichi, member of Smith government, New Brunswick, represents lumber interests, 91, 92.
=Hutchinson, Thomas= (1711-1780). =Hd= Governor of Ma.s.sachusetts, quoted, 84. =Bib.=: _Cyc. Am. Biog._
=Iberville, Pierre Le Moyne, Sieur d'= (1661-1706). Third son of Charles Le Moyne, Sieur de Longueuil. Entered the French navy, returning to Canada in 1683. Three years later accompanied De Troyes in the expedition against the English on Hudson Bay, and took part in the capture of Moose Factory, Fort Rupert, and Albany. Returned to Quebec in 1687; and the following year was again on the bay. In 1689 captured the _Hamps.h.i.+re_, and brought her to Quebec with her cargo of furs. In 1690 took part in the raid on Schenectady; and the same year captured Fort Severn on Hudson Bay. In 1694 sailed to the bay with a French fleet, and captured Fort Nelson. Two years later captured Pemaquid; and, sailing to Newfoundland, captured St. John's and raided the villages along the coast. In 1697 again sailed to Hudson Bay, defeated a superior fleet, and recaptured Fort Nelson. The following year sailed from Brest in command of an expedition to discover the mouth of the Mississippi and plant a colony there, in both of which he was successful. The remaining years of his life spent in building up the colony of Louisiana. =Index=: =F= Accompanies expedition to Hudson Bay, 206; joins war party against Schenectady, 235; arrives from Hudson Bay with two captured vessels, 325; takes Fort Pemaquid, 331; exploits in Hudson Bay, 342-350; sails for France, and returns with two French s.h.i.+ps, 343; captures Fort Nelson, 345; sails for France, 346; attacks English settlements in Newfoundland, 346; takes St. John's, 347; in his s.h.i.+p _Pelican_ successfully engages three English vessels, 349; sails for France, 349.